6969 vs. 8398
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The most common four-digit pin numbers [information is beautiful]
Oh wait, I see 5555 is also. But not 5554...
posted by Toddles at 12:12 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
posted by Toddles at 12:12 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
Before I even opened this I expected something like the bright dot just above "using the same two pairs of numbers" where 5150 is.
posted by tclark at 12:17 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
posted by tclark at 12:17 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
Whoever's using 9594 is feeling pret-ty smart right now.
posted by mittens at 12:24 PM on May 20 [2 favorites]
posted by mittens at 12:24 PM on May 20 [2 favorites]
Wait a year, then run the numbers again - see whether all the Clever People switched to the least-used numbers, so that they're now frequently used...
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:32 PM on May 20 [6 favorites]
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:32 PM on May 20 [6 favorites]
of course 6969
posted by gottabefunky at 12:50 PM on May 20 [3 favorites]
posted by gottabefunky at 12:50 PM on May 20 [3 favorites]
I'd love to know where some of those other seemingly random common ones come from
posted by gottabefunky at 12:51 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
posted by gottabefunky at 12:51 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
All right 8298! :) whew
posted by somebodystrousers at 1:05 PM on May 20 [3 favorites]
posted by somebodystrousers at 1:05 PM on May 20 [3 favorites]
Aw yeah, 1701 down there on the side bright like the sun reflecting off the Enterprise.
posted by FritoKAL at 1:08 PM on May 20 [12 favorites]
posted by FritoKAL at 1:08 PM on May 20 [12 favorites]
I assume some folks go by keypad shapes like me. But 1397 and 1793 (NB: not my pin) don't make the common list.
posted by gottabefunky at 1:13 PM on May 20 [3 favorites]
posted by gottabefunky at 1:13 PM on May 20 [3 favorites]
5309? Nope.
posted by gottabefunky at 1:14 PM on May 20 [4 favorites]
posted by gottabefunky at 1:14 PM on May 20 [4 favorites]
TF2 fans will be happy to see how well used 1111 is.
posted by zompist at 1:41 PM on May 20 [3 favorites]
posted by zompist at 1:41 PM on May 20 [3 favorites]
Okay, I looked at the article but there's no explanation of the numbers--I get 6969 (eyeroll), but I don't understand why 8298 is big.
posted by kitten kaboodle at 2:09 PM on May 20 [2 favorites]
posted by kitten kaboodle at 2:09 PM on May 20 [2 favorites]
I'm way too paranoid to look up any of my PINs on a website, LOL.
posted by mygothlaundry at 2:20 PM on May 20 [5 favorites]
posted by mygothlaundry at 2:20 PM on May 20 [5 favorites]
I choose to believe that everyone that chooses 2525 is doing so out of love for the cheesy '70s song.
posted by The_Vegetables at 2:37 PM on May 20 [5 favorites]
posted by The_Vegetables at 2:37 PM on May 20 [5 favorites]
So, it looks like I've posted this here quite a few times before over the years, and it's from the 90s, but there was one bank where the total number of different PINs generated was 3, apparently.
The computing staff at one bank - the Rogue bank - had discovered through the dummy accounts how to fix the PIN generator so that it would only generate three different PINs in all the PINs issued. By creating a number of dummy accounts and getting new PINs issued for them, they could capture the sequence. Then all that was needed was to recode the cards so they would point to different account numbers, try the three PINs (ATMs gave you three chances) and they were away.
posted by ambrosen at 3:16 PM on May 20 [2 favorites]
The computing staff at one bank - the Rogue bank - had discovered through the dummy accounts how to fix the PIN generator so that it would only generate three different PINs in all the PINs issued. By creating a number of dummy accounts and getting new PINs issued for them, they could capture the sequence. Then all that was needed was to recode the cards so they would point to different account numbers, try the three PINs (ATMs gave you three chances) and they were away.
posted by ambrosen at 3:16 PM on May 20 [2 favorites]
but I don't understand why 8298 is big
Ordinarily I'd say "a word using a phone keypad" but can't think of anything good that would end up as 8298
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 4:02 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
Ordinarily I'd say "a word using a phone keypad" but can't think of anything good that would end up as 8298
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 4:02 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
My parent's street address when I was a kid.
posted by SoberHighland at 4:40 PM on May 20 [3 favorites]
posted by SoberHighland at 4:40 PM on May 20 [3 favorites]
Mine is the year my favorite short story is set. (It's a science fiction story, so way off in the future, away from the crowded 19xxs.)
posted by Pater Aletheias at 4:43 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
posted by Pater Aletheias at 4:43 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
I have a hard time ignoring RAS syndrome.
posted by MtDewd at 4:55 PM on May 20 [2 favorites]
posted by MtDewd at 4:55 PM on May 20 [2 favorites]
Ordinarily I'd say "a word using a phone keypad" but can't think of anything good that would end up as 8298
I think it is 8398, which can spell "TEXT".
posted by The Manwich Horror at 4:56 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
I think it is 8398, which can spell "TEXT".
posted by The Manwich Horror at 4:56 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
PIN numbers?
posted by surlyben at 5:27 PM on May 20 [2 favorites]
posted by surlyben at 5:27 PM on May 20 [2 favorites]
yes, personal identification PIN numbers
posted by paper chromatographologist at 5:31 PM on May 20 [12 favorites]
posted by paper chromatographologist at 5:31 PM on May 20 [12 favorites]
They should call them PIPINN numbers to make it clear. They could use a little apple logo to identify them.
posted by surlyben at 5:37 PM on May 20 [3 favorites]
posted by surlyben at 5:37 PM on May 20 [3 favorites]
grr, so how does a PIN that I use frequently, which is drawn from an old, old cell phone number, wind up having three of the four numbers of one of the most common PINs?
posted by etaoin at 6:14 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
posted by etaoin at 6:14 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
Roland: One.
Dark Helmet: One.
Colonel Sandurz: One.
Roland: Two.
Dark Helmet: Two.
Colonel Sandurz: Two.
Roland: Three.
Dark Helmet: Three.
Colonel Sandurz: Three.
Roland: Four.
Dark Helmet: Four.
Colonel Sandurz: Four.
Roland: Five.
Dark Helmet: Five.
Colonel Sandurz: Five.
Dark Helmet: So the combination is... one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
posted by NotMyselfRightNow at 6:21 PM on May 20 [3 favorites]
Dark Helmet: One.
Colonel Sandurz: One.
Roland: Two.
Dark Helmet: Two.
Colonel Sandurz: Two.
Roland: Three.
Dark Helmet: Three.
Colonel Sandurz: Three.
Roland: Four.
Dark Helmet: Four.
Colonel Sandurz: Four.
Roland: Five.
Dark Helmet: Five.
Colonel Sandurz: Five.
Dark Helmet: So the combination is... one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!
posted by NotMyselfRightNow at 6:21 PM on May 20 [3 favorites]
8298... it's probably a birthday
posted by dobi at 6:39 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
posted by dobi at 6:39 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
Ahh yes, of course, the 82nd day of the 98th month!
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:01 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:01 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
These are the voyages...
posted by borborygmi at 9:10 PM on May 20 [2 favorites]
posted by borborygmi at 9:10 PM on May 20 [2 favorites]
2112 sticks out, thanks to those damn Canucks.
posted by snortasprocket at 9:48 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
posted by snortasprocket at 9:48 PM on May 20 [1 favorite]
PIN numbers?
For the record, this is addressed in the tags.
posted by chavenet at 1:44 AM on May 21 [2 favorites]
For the record, this is addressed in the tags.
posted by chavenet at 1:44 AM on May 21 [2 favorites]
9539 is one of the least common? But it’s the 1181st prime, and 1181 is itself prime, making it the 194th super prime!
posted by Ishbadiddle at 7:47 AM on May 21 [4 favorites]
posted by Ishbadiddle at 7:47 AM on May 21 [4 favorites]
everyone that chooses 2525 is doing so out of love for the cheesy '70s song
Checks out.
posted by neuron at 8:41 AM on May 21 [1 favorite]
Checks out.
posted by neuron at 8:41 AM on May 21 [1 favorite]
the cheesy '70s song
Aren't most '70s songs considered cheesy at this point?
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:45 AM on May 21 [1 favorite]
Aren't most '70s songs considered cheesy at this point?
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:45 AM on May 21 [1 favorite]
There's an Irvine Welsh story where the characters are able to commit fraud on Scottish Protestants because a number of them use 1690 as their PIN (date of the Battle of the Boyne).
posted by Pink Frost at 10:53 AM on May 21 [1 favorite]
posted by Pink Frost at 10:53 AM on May 21 [1 favorite]
US data breaches presumably. The commonly used block at lower left are US birthdays, first pair <= 12, 2nd <= 31.
posted by epo at 11:56 AM on May 21 [1 favorite]
posted by epo at 11:56 AM on May 21 [1 favorite]
The break at 31 does seem much more pronounced on the x-axis than on the y. However, if you scroll way down the DataGenetics page, they explain that 1004 is in the top 10 because it is a pun in Korean.
posted by polecat at 12:26 PM on May 21 [1 favorite]
posted by polecat at 12:26 PM on May 21 [1 favorite]
Mine is based on a gesture which doesn’t mean anything except I was 18 at the bank panicking on what numbers to choose and just floated my hand around in a pattern that felt right.
It’s a fairly uncommon PIN, apparently.
posted by brook horse at 4:46 PM on May 21
It’s a fairly uncommon PIN, apparently.
posted by brook horse at 4:46 PM on May 21
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